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There are a few known issues with IDL widgets and macOS/OSX, running the latest XQuartz (2.7.11), including:

=== Segmentation fault while running code that involves widgets (SPEDAS GUI, EVA, etc.) ===

Warning: Fatal Error: 

_XmGetDefaultDisplay cannot be used prior to VendorS.Initialize, returns NULL

Segmentation fault: 11

or you may see the error:

Error: attempt to add non-widget child "dsm" to parent "idl" which supports only widgets

or IDL may close abruptly and without warning when running code that involves widgets.

Solution: 

These issues can be fixed at the command line with the following:

1. change to the X11 library directory:
  cd /opt/X11/lib

2. backup the libXt library file found in this directory:
  sudo cp libXt.6.dylib libXt.6.dylib.bak

3. change to the “flat_namespace” directory:
  cd flat_namespace/

4. copy the copy of libXt from this directory up one directory:
  sudo cp libXt.6.dylib ../.


See also: http://michaelgalloy.com/2016/11/11/problems-with-xquartz-2-7-11-on-macos.html


=== No annotations/legend text showing in GUI === 
[[File: Screen_Shot_2018-10-05_at_5.01.03_PM.png|thumb|right|IDL config issue]]

This issue is due to corrupt IDL configuration files; to fix, delete the .idl folder in your IDL working directory



=== IDL freezes after compiling loadct2 with IDL 8.5.1 on macOS 10.14 + Anaconda ===

A conflict was found between IDL and Anaconda (http://anaconda.com) on the latest macOS. If a load routine call seems to freeze after compiling loadct2 and you're running both Anaconda and macOS 10.14, a simple fix is to remove and reinstall Anaconda.


=== Cannot install Java 6 ===

IDL requires Java 6. To install it on newer Macs, you may have to follow the procedure described below: 

* https://www.harrisgeospatial.com/Support/Self-Help-Tools/Help-Articles/Help-Articles-Detail/ArtMID/10220/ArticleID/23780/macOS-Catalina-1015-ENVIIDL-and-Legacy-Java-6-Dependencies